original description Gustafson R.G., Turner R.D., Lutz R.A. & Vrijenhoek R.C. 1998. A new genus and five new species of mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from deep-sea sulfide/hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. Malacologia 40(1-2): 63-112., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13112012[details]